J A Hammerton Collection (#9)

The Seyid, Mustapha el Idrisi, southern Arabia, 1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
The Seyid, Mustapha el Idrisi, southern Arabia, 1922. A descendant of Fatima, Mahomets daughter, who married the martyred Ali

Clarifying sugar cane juce, Annam, Vietnam, 1922. An Annamese peasant ladles raw juice into copper pans, where it is mixed with ashes, clay, lime or another refining material

A Moi couple inside the village palisade, Africa, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Hadendoan people, East Africa, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A group of Masai warriors in full battle panoply, 1922. Artist: SJ Hopper
A group of Masai warriors in full battle panoply, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Country dance after a church service on feast days, Andorra, 1922. Artist: JT Parfit
Country dance after a church service on feast days, Andorra, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A girl on a camel litter, Algeria, 1922. Artist: Crete
A girl on a camel litter, Algeria, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A group of monks at the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Two Italian dragoons, 1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
Two Italian dragoons, 1922. The pride of the people. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Two Italian policemen, 1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
Two Italian policemen, 1922. Stalwarts of Italys highly efficient police force. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Waiting for the doctor in remote Galway, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Waiting for the doctor in remote Galway, Ireland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Annual procession of the Orangemen, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1922. Artist: J Johnson
Annual procession of the Orangemen, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Tinsmiths in a tinsmiths shop, India, 1922. Artist: R Gorbold
Tinsmiths in a tinsmiths shop, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Officers of the 15th Ludhiana Sikks, Indian army, India, 1922. Artist: Bourne and Shepherd
Officers of the 15th Ludhiana Sikks, Indian army, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Hindu children of North Kashmir, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Kashmiri women, India, 1922. Artist: Publishers Photo Service
Kashmiri women, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Afridis (Pathan tribes); warfare in the northern Indian marches, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Mendicancy adopted in the name of Vishnu, India, 1922. A mendicant is a monk who is a member of an order that is not allowed to own property and is therefore entirely dependent on charity

A state barge of a Maharaja, Kashmirs royal capital, India, 1922. Artist: GT Bookless
A state barge of a Maharaja, Kashmirs royal capital, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Nautch dancing girls with accompanying musicians, India, 1922. Artist: SR Norton
Nautch dancing girls with accompanying musicians, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

An Arab dancing horse, Udaipur, India, 1922. Artist: Herbert Ponting
An Arab dancing horse, Udaipur, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A majestic elephant at Bengals chief festive gathering, India, 1922. Artist: L Barber
A majestic elephant at Bengals chief festive gathering, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Charming the venom from a cobra; a snake charmer with a mongoose, India, 1922. Artist: JH Powell
Charming the venom from a cobra; a snake charmer with a mongoose, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Elderly Naga, Assam, India, 1922. Artist: D Macintyre
Elderly Naga, Assam, India, 1922. The Naga people are found in Nagaland, parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, and parts of Burma (Myanmar)

Buddh Gaya, Buddhas holiest place, India, 1922. Artist: Deaville Walker
Buddh Gaya, Buddhas holiest place, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A mail caravan crossing the Icelandic plains, Iceland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A milkmaid on her morning round, Iceland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Great market of flowers, Budapest, Hungary, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Great market of flowers, Budapest, Hungary, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Leisure time for cowherds, Hungary, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Leisure time for cowherds, Hungary, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Gypsies mending a family cauldron, Hungary, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Gypsies mending a family cauldron, Hungary, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Traditional costumes worn by Hungarian women, Hungary, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A young Slovak couple, Hungary, 1926. Artist: AW Cutler
A young Slovak couple, Hungary, 1926. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A cowherd king and his dwelling place, Hungary, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
A cowherd king and his dwelling place, Hungary, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Pilgrims performing the Wukuf, Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Ali bin Hussein (1879-1935), first King of Hejaz (Al-Hijaz), Saudi Arabia, 1922
Ali bin Hussein (1879-1935), first King of Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Hawaiians at a banquet, Hawaii, 1922. Artist: RM Clutterbuck
Hawaiians at a banquet, Hawaii, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Francois C. Antoine Simon, president of Haiti, dressed as an admiral, 1922. Simon was president of Haiti from 1908 to 1911, before being overthrown

General Zephirin, Haiti, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

On the threshold of a voodoo temple, Haiti, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A mystery monolith in the primeval forest of Quirigua, Guatemala, 1922. Artist: Alfred P Maudsley
A mystery monolith in the primeval forest of Quirigua, Guatemala, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Two Jewish women, Greece, 1922. Artist: HA Fawcett
Two Jewish women, Greece, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A young married couple, Macedonia, 1922. Artist: HB Crook
A young married couple, Macedonia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Two Greek women, 1922. Artist: LG Popoff
Two Greek women, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Monks of the Greek church carrying volumes of the Liturgy, Greece, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

The Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece, 1922. Artist: Keystone
The Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece, 1922. The Temple of Zeus was destroyed by earthquake in the 5th century. It was constructed in the doric order, with carved metopes and triglyph frieze

The Theseum at Athens, Greece, 1922. Artist: Keystone
The Theseum at Athens, Greece, 1922. The Temple of Hephaestos and Athena Ergane, also known as the Hephaisteion or Theseion, is a Doric order peripteral temple

Schillers house, German Athens, Germany, 1922. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian and dramatist

Practical lessons in perspective drawing, Germany, 1922. Artist: Photothek, Berlin
Practical lessons in perspective drawing, Germany, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

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"J. A. Hammerton: A Journey Through History's Captivating Moments" Step into the world of J. A. Hammerton, a renowned artist and chronicler of historical events. From capturing the essence of war to depicting cultural traditions, Hammerton's artistry brings these moments to life. In 1942, Sir John Alexander Hammerton immortalized the iconic image of 8th Army commander Bernard Law Montgomery. With his skilled brushstrokes, he conveyed Montgomery's determination and leadership during a critical time in history. Transporting us back to World War I, we witness the bravery of hooded British Territorials charging German trenches at Loos on September 25th, 1915. The intensity and sacrifice depicted by an unknown artist remind us of the immense courage displayed on that fateful day. Hammerton also celebrates victory through his artwork like "The Campbells are Coming. " In this piece from 1917, brave pipers play Highland regiments to triumph. Their melodies echo through time as symbols of resilience and unity. Venturing beyond wars, Hammerton captures cultural diversity with precision. His portrayal of Arunta tribesmen preparing for a corroboree in central Australia transports us into their sacred rituals in 1922—an artistic collaboration with Baldwin Spencer that showcases their rich heritage. Ireland comes alive through AW Cutler's interpretation under J. A. Hammerton's guidance in "A pair of straw boys. " This captivating scene from 1922 immerses us in Irish folklore and tradition—a testament to preserving culture amidst changing times. Hammerton also delves into significant historical events such as "The Historic Landing from the River Clyde at Seddul Bahr, " which depicts Gallipoli's April 25th landing—a pivotal moment etched forever in our collective memory. Maps become works of art under unknown creators' hands—illustrating Russia's retreat from Galicia (1915) and invasion of East Prussia (1915).